Articles on Attrition in Meetings, Conventions & Exhibitions industry publications

October 2003

Meetings & Conventions Magazine, October, 2003
Hotels Credit Groups by Rate, Not Rooms

September 2003

Meeting News, September 15, 2003
Attrition Action, CIC's Grass-Roots Effort Reveals Ways to Minimize Risk of Damages, by Marshall Krantz

Professional Convention Management Association, Convene, September 2003
Pandora's Box, by Mary Ann McNulty

Meetings & Conventions magazine, September 2003
Attrition Rx: Survival and Prevention, by Louise M. Felsher, CMP, CMM

August 2003

HSMAI Marketing Review, Summer 2003
Buyers and Sellers Face the Attrition Issue, by Taryn Schneider. Click here to access the HSMAI website to purchase a copy of this publication.

July 2003

OmniTourism, July 6, 2003
Hotels Struggle to Take Back Control of Prices and Inventory from Third Party Web Sites. Click here to download PDF file.

Yahoo News, July 30, 2003
Convention-Goers Turning to Web for Bookings, by Peter Henderson

June 2003

Professional Convention Management Association, Convene, June 2003
Rightsizing Rates, by Nancy Mann Jackson

May 2003

Expo Magazine, May 2003
Are Room Blocks History? by Danica Vasos

Meetings & Conventions Magazine, May 2003
Block Busters, with the threat of attrition looming larger than ever, planners are rethinking how - or if - they will hold hotel rooms, by Carla Benini

Meeting News, May 5, 2003
Hilton Seizes Rate Initiative - Bids to Cut influence of 3rd-Party Websites,
by Marshall Krantz

Professional Convention Management Association, Convene, May 2003
Room Block Management: Beating the Housing Bandits, by Jamie Roberts

Professional Convention Management Association, Convene, May 2003
Room Block Management: Sidestepping Attrition Penalties by Michael Hough

April 2003

Meeting News, April 21, 2003
New Attrition Insurance Product Focuses on Canadian Meetings, by Marshall Krantz

Meeting News, April 7, 2003
Top Hotel Players Unite with Plan to Take Control of Inventory, by Maggie Rauch

Successful Meetings, April 2003
The War of Attrition: Some meetings survive. Others become room-block casualties by Ben Chapman

Successful Meetings, April 2003
Seven Attrition Secrets Revealed

March 2003

Meeting News , March 17, 2003
Attrition-Avoidance Plans Advance; Results Mixed, by Rayna Katz

February 2003

Professional Convention Management Association, Convene, February 2003
Convention Housing in Crisis, Housing 'as usual" cannot continue for planners under the gun, by Maxine Golding

Professional Convention Management Association, Convene, February 2003
Defensive Contract Negotiation, Contract Negotiation Risk management tips and strategies help your organization avoid disputes and losses, by John Foster, Esq., CHME

January 2003

Meeting News, January 27, 2003
Attendance Assistance Blind Spot, Hotels Could Help Drive Traffic If Asked
By Rayna Katz

Meeting News, January 27, 2003
Block Busting Bookings Remedy, Tech Solutions Bow To Prevalence & Popularity Of Low Web Rates By Marshall Krantz

December 2002

Professional Convention Management Association, Convene, December 2002
Unchartered Waters, Uncertain Times, by John Foster, Esq., CHME. Click here to download PDF file.

October 2002

Meeting News, October 21, 2002
Web-Wise Guests Busting Up Blocks, Availability of Low Rates Online Exposes Groups To Attrition Damages By Marshall Krantz

May 2002

Successful Meetings, May 2002
Who are You? Minimize attrition fees by defining attendees, by Mark Roysner

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